New Delhi, May 20: The Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) squad has filed a complaint against a cyber crime con for allegedly defrauding a female doctor out of Rs 4.5 crore in the nation’s capital, according to authorities.
The victim has been named by the authorities as Dr. Poonam Rajput. The accused is accused of using ‘Skype’ conversations with the victim as part of a larger fraud.
Police reported that on April 21, when inspecting a package ordered from Mumbai to Taiwan, they discovered 140 grammes of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in addition to the victim’s passport, banking paperwork, and shoes.
“The victim received the first call from the cybercrime sleuths on May 5,” the police said.
Andheri Police Station, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials, customs officials, Narcotics officers, and a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) level official were all impersonated, according to the lady doctor’s complaint, according to the police.
Since 23 accounts were formed using the identical KYC information, the police say the criminals convinced the victim that she needed to liquidate her fixed deposits so that they could be seized and verified.
Police said that the criminals tricked the victim into thinking that she needed to withdraw money from her fixed deposits (FD) so that they could be seized and verified since her know-your-customer (KYC) information had been hacked and 23 accounts had been formed using the same KYC, some of which were engaged in money laundering.
They told the victim that the money had to be sent to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for verification since it was suspected of being the proceeds of crime, and that following the verification, the money would be returned to the victim.
The police claim that they sent the lady a letter from RBI and a complaint on the Mumbai Police letterhead to make the whole thing more credible.
“Delhi Police is yet to trace the Skype Calls and unearth those behind the nexus,” the authorities said.
Police said they have opened a case under Indian Penal Code sections 420, 468, 471, 389, 170, and 120 B based on the victim’s statements.
The situation is being looked at much more closely at this time.
